Today's Word "discrete"
Published in Vocabulary
discrete \dis-KREET\ (adjective) - 1 : Constituting a separate thing; distinct. 2 : Consisting of distinct or unconnected parts. 3 : (Mathematics) Defined for a finite or countable set of values; not continuous.
"Terry's new section consisted of five discrete departments, although he had been instructed to merge them into one continuous unit."
Discrete is from Latin discretus, past participle of discernere, "to separate; to set apart," from dis-, "apart" + cernere, "to distinguish; to sift." It is not to be confused with discreet.
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